FAMILY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE 



477 



to 30°C. Thermal death point 46° to 

 4S°C for 10 minutes. 



Aerobic. 



Source : From sweet peas. 



Habitat : Stated to be pathogenic for 

 sweet pea {Lathyrus odoratus) and other 

 legumes. Considered by many to be a 

 saprophyte . 



22. Erwinia lilii (Uyeda) Magrou. 

 {Bacillus lilii Uyeda, by Bokura, Ann. 

 Phytopath. Soc. Japan, 1{2), 1919, 36; 

 Magrou, in Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. 

 Bact. Path., 1937, 210.) From Latin 

 lilnim, a name taken from the Greek but 

 derived from the Celtic word li meaning 

 white; M. L., generic name, Lilium. 



Translated by ]\Iarion Okimoto. 



Rods: 0.6 to 0.7 by 0.8 to 1.0 micron. 

 No capsules. Motile with 6 to 8 peri- 

 trichous flagella. Gram-positive(?). 



Gelatin : Liquefaction. 



Gelatin plate : Colonies after 2 days, 

 round and smooth with grayish surface. 



Broth: Alkaline, ammonia produced. 



Milk: Curd formation. 



Indole produced. 



Nitrites produced from nitrates. 



Hydrogen sulfide produced. 



Sugar medium changes to a brown color. 



Conjac not utilized. 



Aerobic, facultative. 



Optimum temperature 32° to 34°C. 

 Killed in 3 min. at 50°C. Resists— 20°C 

 for 30 min. 



Source : From brown spots on lily bulbs 

 in Japan. 



Habitat : Causes a disease of lily bulbs 

 and leaves. 



Appendix: The following additional 

 species are found in the literature. 

 Many are incompletely described. 



Bacillus hrassicaevorus Delacroix. 

 (Compt. rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, HO, 

 1905, 1356.) Presumably causes a rot 

 of cabbage. 



Bacillus farneiianus Pavarino. (Atti 

 R. Accad. Naz. Lincei Rend. CI. Sci. 

 Fis., Mat. e Nat., 20, 1911, 233.) 



Bacillus putrefaciens putridus Dela- 



croix. (Ann. Inst. Nat. Agron., 5, 1906, 

 154.) Pathogenic for tobacco. 



Bacillus solaniperda Migula. (Syst. 

 d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 573; Bacillus krameri 

 Chester, Man. Determ. Bact., 1901, 

 282.) Causes a soft rot of potato. 



Bacillus spieckermanni Jaczewski. 

 (Elliott, Bacterial Plant Diseases, 1935, 

 67.) Name applied to a species de- 

 scribed by Spieckermann (Landw. Jahrb., 

 31, 1902, 155) but left unnamed. 



Bacillus tabacivorus Delacroix. (Ann. 

 Inst. Nat. Agron., 5, 1906, 266.) Said 

 to cause collar rot of tobacco. 



Bacillus tabificans Delacroix. (Compt. 

 rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, 137, 1903, 871.) 

 Said to cause spotting of tobacco leaves. 



Bacterium loehnisi Kalantarian. 

 (Kalantarian, Cent. f. Bakt., II Abt., 65, 

 1925, 301; Phytomonas loehnisii Bergey 

 et al., Manual, 3rd ed., 1930, 276.) From 

 diseased cotton plants. Peritrichous. 



Bacterium lycopersici Burgwitz . 

 (Ztschr. f. Pflanzenkr., 34, 1924, 304.) 

 From a blossom end rot of tomato. 



Erwinia alliariae (Omori) Magrou. 

 {Bacillus alliariae Omori, Official Gaz. 

 of Japan, 11, 1896, No. 3758; Magrou, in 

 Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. Bact. Path., 

 1937, 195.) Causes a root rot of horse- 

 radish. 



Erwinia araliavora (Uyeda) Magrou. 

 {Bacillus araliavorus Uyeda, Bull. Imp. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta. Tokyo, 35, 1909, 61; 

 Magrou, in Hauduroy et al.. Diet. d. 

 Bact. Path., 1937, 197.) Causes a root 

 rot of ginseng. 



Erwinia asteracearum (Pavarino) Ma- 

 grou. {Bacillus asteracearum Paravino, 

 Atti R. Accad. Naz. Lincei Rend. CI. 

 Sci. Fis., Mat. e Nat., Ser. 5, 21, 1912, 

 544; Magrou, in Hauduroy et al., Diet, 

 d. Bact. Path., 1937, 199.) Pathogenic 

 for the aster {Aster chinensis). 



Erwinia bussei (Migula) Magrou. (Ba- 

 cillus B, Busse, Ztschr. f. Pflanzenkr., 7, 

 1897, 74; Bacillus bussei Migula, Syst. d. 

 Bakt., 2, 1900, 779; Bacillus betae Leh- 

 mann and Neumann, Bakt. Diag., 4 Aufl., 

 2, 1907, 599; not Bacillus betae Migula, 

 Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 779; Magrou, in 



